Are we up?!

[Jim Robinson]

Woo hoo!!

[shotdog]

My macbook was beginning to show signs of withdrawal, but I was fine. Really. I was. sd

[Jemian]

Ahh, the sun is shinning again.

[Governor William J. LePetomane]

IT'S ALIIIIIVE!!!!

[Publius]

Jim,

Lacking an Internet place to go, I spent my FR downtime at Democratic Underground. That was an interesting experience. I noticed a few things in my stay there.

• It took me a while to figure out who “rimjob” was. I’m used to the technical term “analingus”, so it took me a bit to realize that “rimjob” was their term for JimRob.
• They characterize FReepers as “mouth breathers” and “knuckle draggers”. They’re good at name calling but have problems laying out the reason behind their name calling. The fact that FR was down was the source of a lot of schadenfreude, and it was unseemly.
• They’re ignorant of history. (There’s a bit too much of this at FR also.)
• They use too much profanity. Having been in the military, I can say that profanity has its place. Ask any Navy CPO, Army Top Kick or Marine Gunny, and you’ll understand. But their constant use deprives the Words of Curse of their impact. (A tip of the hat to “South Park” here.)
• They can’t engage in intellectual discussion without demonizing their opponent. (There’s a bit too much of this at FR also.) I have a friend, a classical cellist, who is an Old Bolshevik – for someone who isn’t even 45. But I relish my toe-to-toe nuclear intellectual combat with him. Debating an Old Bolshie requires having your facts straight. You can argue forever about the significance of an individual fact, but if you don’t have your facts straight, he’ll gut you like a mackerel – rhetorically speaking, of course. Debating an Old Red keeps my edge sharp and my mind nimble. DUmmies seem content with shouting slogans and can’t get to the intellectual heart of a matter. It’s a huge weakness.
• There are some areas of agreement. The article about a teenage girl who sued her parents who tried to force her to have an abortion produced general agreement between FReepers and DUmmies. The reasoning behind the agreement was different for each side, but both sides agreed on the basic issue.
• If there were a disaster of some kind, I would expect FReepers to lend a hand to those less fortunate. My impression of DUmmies is that they would wait for the government to arrive.

Having finished with DU, I’ve showered, disinfected, and I’ll check to make sure all my shots are current. But then there’s that painful urination...

[Revolting cat!]

It’s not dead, Jim!

[Apparatchik]

Thanks Jim. I will have to double my subscription to keep the FR online.

And I am a cheap bastard.

[Bon of Babble]

We’ve got ignition, the hamsters are running again and the coal fires burning!!

Thank God, I don’t think I could go another day, Jim...read all the cereal box ingredients (twice), medicine bottles, watched the dryer spin for awhile. It was torture w/0 FReep!!

[KC_Lion]

That's nohting Publius, did you know we have our own Stalker blog?

http://vikingkitties.blogspot.com/

[luvie]

Good to be back...and thank you and John for all your many hours of hard work!

[Dacula]

Top 50!

[luvie]

I see you’ve been busy gathering new stuff! :)

[onyx]

THANK YOU SO MUCH, FReeper PATRIOT DONORS!!!

IN GOD and JOHN WE TRUST



JIM IS HERE JUST POSTED THIS NEWS!

Howdy everyone!!

Woo hoo!!

Still no official word from John, but looks like we’re up!!

I’m sure he’s probably working on tuning the new box. Hopefully, he’ll log in and fill us in with the details.

(and wouldn’t you know it, my first post in 3 days and it’s a duplicate)

Thank you all very much for hanging in there with us!!

Thank you, John!!



God Bless and Keep You All

John Robinson ROCKS OUR WORLD!

[onyx]

You betcha!
Some for you, as always!
:)

[luvie]

You’re tough!

[DCBryan1]

Thank God!

[CSM]

I’ve been hunting the moose that bit my sister, so I barely noticed!

Seriously, my employer appreciates my productivity for the last couple of days....

[Publius]

We need to post the kitty with the caption, “I hazz tuff.”

[RedMonqey]

Waaahoo!!!!

Free Republic is back on line!!

Thank you, John and Jim.

[Jeff Winston]

Am I logged in?

[onedoug]

Well met!